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ἐκσπένδω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκσπένδω ἐκσπείσω

Structure: ἐκ (Prefix) + σπένδ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to pour out as a libation

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκσπένδω ἐκσπένδεις ἐκσπένδει
Dual ἐκσπένδετον ἐκσπένδετον
Plural ἐκσπένδομεν ἐκσπένδετε ἐκσπένδουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐκσπένδω ἐκσπένδῃς ἐκσπένδῃ
Dual ἐκσπένδητον ἐκσπένδητον
Plural ἐκσπένδωμεν ἐκσπένδητε ἐκσπένδωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐκσπένδοιμι ἐκσπένδοις ἐκσπένδοι
Dual ἐκσπένδοιτον ἐκσπενδοίτην
Plural ἐκσπένδοιμεν ἐκσπένδοιτε ἐκσπένδοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐκσπένδε ἐκσπενδέτω
Dual ἐκσπένδετον ἐκσπενδέτων
Plural ἐκσπένδετε ἐκσπενδόντων, ἐκσπενδέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐκσπένδειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐκσπενδων ἐκσπενδοντος ἐκσπενδουσα ἐκσπενδουσης ἐκσπενδον ἐκσπενδοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκσπένδομαι ἐκσπένδει, ἐκσπένδῃ ἐκσπένδεται
Dual ἐκσπένδεσθον ἐκσπένδεσθον
Plural ἐκσπενδόμεθα ἐκσπένδεσθε ἐκσπένδονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐκσπένδωμαι ἐκσπένδῃ ἐκσπένδηται
Dual ἐκσπένδησθον ἐκσπένδησθον
Plural ἐκσπενδώμεθα ἐκσπένδησθε ἐκσπένδωνται
OptativeSingular ἐκσπενδοίμην ἐκσπένδοιο ἐκσπένδοιτο
Dual ἐκσπένδοισθον ἐκσπενδοίσθην
Plural ἐκσπενδοίμεθα ἐκσπένδοισθε ἐκσπένδοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐκσπένδου ἐκσπενδέσθω
Dual ἐκσπένδεσθον ἐκσπενδέσθων
Plural ἐκσπένδεσθε ἐκσπενδέσθων, ἐκσπενδέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐκσπένδεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐκσπενδομενος ἐκσπενδομενου ἐκσπενδομενη ἐκσπενδομενης ἐκσπενδομενον ἐκσπενδομενου

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὰσ δὲ πρὶν σπονδὰσ θεοῦ δίδωσι γαίᾳ, πᾶσί τ’ ἐκσπένδειν λέγει. (Euripides, Ion, episode 4:8)
  • ὁ δ’ ἱερεὺσ Εὐήγοροσ ἐν μέσοισ αὐτοῖσιν ἑστὼσ τὴν καλὴν σκευὴν ἔχων οἶνον ἐξέσπενδε κοτύλῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 56 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. to pour out as a libation

Derived

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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